Undergraduate and Master’s Programmes

The ACMEC faculty members teach and coordinate several courses in the degrees offered by IST. Students wishing to further specialize in the field of our scientific area should be enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Courses (LEMec; MEMec) or any other associated to our scientific area: Aerospace Engineering Courses  (LEAer; MEAer), Biomedical Engineering Courses (LEBiom; MEBiom). Besides these programs, ACMEC members also coordinate courses in Bologna degrees in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (LEAN) and Industrial Engineering and Management (LEGI). All these programmes offer a distinctive collection of courses designed to provide a broad training in areas close to Mechanical Engineering and, at the same time, allow a specialization in the topics where the members of ACMEC (Structural and Computational Mechanics) have relevant scientific expertise and knowledge. The faculty members, through their research center Center of Mechanical Design (CPM) at Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IDMEC), also provide opportunities for undergraduate research projects. If you are interested and want to learn more about specific topics, please contact a faculty member of our scientific area or the secretariat. Students wishing to obtain a specialization in the topics of ACMEC should select the following courses:

• Mechanics of Materials (LEMec, LEAN)
• Solid Mechanics (LEMec, LEAN)
• Computational Mechanics (LEMec, MEAer)
• Structural Mechanics (MEMec, MEAer)
• Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
• Optimization in Mechanical Engineering Systems
• Biomechanics of Movement
• Computational Graphics and Geometric Modeling
• Thin Structures (MEMec)
• Micro and Nano Mechanics (MEMec)
• Materials and Solid Mechanics (LEAer)
• Mechanical Behaviour of Materials I (LEMat)
• Mechanobiology (MEBiom)
• Introduction to Computational Methods in Biomedicine (LEBiom)

Additionally, the ACMEC members also teach regularly the following courses:

Technical Drawing and Geometric Modelling (LEMec, LEAer, LEMat, LEBiom, LEGI, LEE), Tissue Biomechanics (MEBiom) and Integrated Project in Biomedical Engineering.

Doctoral Programmes

PhD students may be enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering PhD degrees at IST, with research activity developed at the Center of Mechanical Design (CPM) of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IDMEC) and the Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transportation and Aeronautics (LAETA).

The PhD programme in Mechanical Engineering coordinated by Prof. Hélder Rodrigues (DEMec), is generally dedicated to a wide range of areas, namely mechanical systems and design, control and robotics, dynamics and control of space structures, mechanics of materials and materials processing, materials microgravity sciences, computational mechanics, biomechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, thermal systems engineering, multiphase flows, energy and power systems. The programme drives to cover aspects of theoretical formulations (functional, variational and differential), numerical simulations (e.g space, time and phase) and experimental testing (e.g. material characterisation, optical diagnostics, signal processing) of relevant mechanical engineering problems.

The faculty members of ACMEC also participate in teaching some courses in other PhD programmes, such as the doctoral programmes in Aerospace Engineering (DEAer) and Biomedical Engineering (DEBiom).

Students wishing to obtain a specialization in the topics of ACMEC should select the following doctoral courses:

• Computational Methods and Optimization (DEMec, DEAer, DEAEngComp)
• Modelling and Design in Biomechanics and Biomaterials (DEBiom, DEAEngComp)
• Computational Mechanics of Solids (DEMec, DEAer, DEAEngComp)
• Computational Dynamics (DEMec, DEAer, DEAEngComp)

Prospective students with a complete MSc degree may apply directly to the PhD programmes.

Students planning to apply for a PhD at IST in our field should explore the profiles of the faculty members, apply to either Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering PhD programmes, and contact possible supervisors in ACMEC for funding opportunities through Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) or R&D projects.

Thesis Supervision

The faculty members offer PhD and MSc thesis topics in their fields of expertise and in a wide range of subjects. Please check their personal webpages to learn about possible research directions. In order to illustrate the topics investigated by the PhD and MSc students supervised by ACMEC faculty members, some theses are presented below.